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Access Denied When Editing Hosts File After Virus Has Been Removed

Several weeks ago, I had a customer bring a computer in, infected with viruses along with a host of other problems that needed to be dealt with. As is so often the case, the computer was needed back as quickly as possible so I immediately started on my ro... Read >

The Unexpected Kindness of the Chocolate Cake Lady

Growing up, nothing was ever for free… and that included kindness. If an adult was being kind to me, one could be certain that there was some sort of price attached to that kindness… something would be required, expected, demanded of me. I may not h... Read >

Why is “Family” so Important?

Popular opinion is that if you don't grow up "knowing" something, then you don't miss it… and what you did grow up "knowing" is what you tend to gravitate towards even if you didn't like it because it is familiar to you. For some of us, what we knew gr... Read >

If You Play Dead, You’ll Be Dead

My son loves to "knock us out" when we are playing… be it with his dragon breath, a fake punch, or the occasionally well timed real fart. My husband and I, happy to play along, will appear to be knocked out which usually requires our tongue to be hangi... Read >